Development Team Lead

Duties and responsibilities

• Lead the Development Team on a day-to-day basis including standups, quarterly reviews, annual reviews, coaching, mentoring, workload management, and team development.
• Manage and develop software engineers across multiple disciplines, including full-stack developers, integration engineers, and application developers.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with leadership to establish priorities, resource planning, and technology roadmaps.

Technical Leadership

• Lead the design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise software solutions, integrations, and digital platforms.
• Own the overall technical direction and architecture of Trajan Wealth's application ecosystem, including the Java/Spring Boot microservices backend, React front end, and supporting APIs and data stores.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Establish coding standards, development best practices, documentation standards, and architectural guidelines across the Java and React codebases.
• Conduct design reviews and provide technical oversight on complex engineering initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that improve efficiency, automation, and scalability.

Application Development

• Remain hands-on – personally design and build key features across the Spring Boot backend and React front end, not just oversee them.
• Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Ensure high-quality software delivery through code reviews, testing strategies, and development standards.
• Guide development of client-facing applications, internal business systems, workflow automation, and enterprise integrations.
• Drive modern, full-stack development practices – RESTful and API-first design, microservices, component-based React UIs, automated testing, and cloud-native deployment.

DevOps, Cloud & Operations

• Establish and manage software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes and DevOps standards.
• Lead the implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment processes.
• Promote infrastructure automation, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), monitoring, observability, and operational excellence.
• Ensure applications meet uptime, performance, and security requirements.
• Support production environments, incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.